The Gallamite shrugged as Silver walked in, not at all thrown by the abrupt opening of his door.

Something remotely resembling peace had begun to steal into Percy's soul, when it was expelled by the abrupt opening of the door and the entry of Lady Caroline Byng and his father.

Good excuse to be grumpy and quiet while the others talk about the meeting and to avoid Jo's eyes, pretending not to hear her abrupt conversational openings.

The abrupt opening suggests part of the script may have been removed.

Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations.

He remembered the shower he had taken, the sinewy shadow appearing beyond the glass door, its abrupt opening and Yukio standing beside him, nude.

He also painted a bleak picture of the chain reaction he feared from the abrupt and unprepared opening of the 28-year-old barrier.

No one was prepared for the rush of change in East Germany and the abrupt opening of the Berlin wall.

It was rather an abrupt opening, but I could not think of any way of leading up to it.

I was swept away by the abrupt opening, the intrigue as I tried to figure out what was going on.